Gene Anderson received his degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1958. He is a licensed architect in Illinois and Iowa, and has been an Iowa resident for most of his life.
While studying architecture I pursued conceptual design as a manifestation of my vision. In my early experience the expression of art was not a traditional practice in architecture; the guiding principle from which I rebelled was that of form…
Former Des Moines Register visual arts critic Eliot Nusbaum commented more than a decade ago about McKibbin's "intuitive sense of place." He wrote "McKibbin is interested in investigating the character of the landscape and what makes each of these…
As an artist with a deeply rooted respect for both the Eastern and Western traditions of Craft, I find "use" to be a very important aspect in most of my work. Whether I am creating a functional object, a sculptural object not intended to function in…
James Kasper shows sculptural woodfired vessels. This newer work is larger and more sculptural than in the past. Kasper often involves himself in certain intellectual investigations when creating his work, reflecting his training as a physicist.
Noveshen is a stone carver, who has been drawing and practicing several forms of art all of his life. At age 27 he discovered the art form of sculpture, he stumbled upon his new love interest accidentally. He was standing beside a stone that I…
